Collection Overview

The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by subject and/or creator. Their order is based off of the Nazi war criminals as well as other various legal documents.

Abstract

The documents reflect an attempt to denaturalize, deport, and/or extradite Nazi war criminals in the United States to European countries or the Soviet Union, to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. The collection of documents is comprised of legal briefs and other documents used in court proceedings, depositions, witness statements, original Nazi documents used as evidence in court, court rulings and orders, newspaper articles, and other documents relating to prosecution of Nazi war criminals in the United States.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The record group is comprised of postwar legal documents and newspaper articles from the United States depicting the attempts to denaturalize, deport, and/or extradite Nazi war criminals from the United States to European countries or the Soviet Union, to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. The legal documents present the legal proceedings of the prosecution as they argued to have the war criminals denaturalized, deported, or extradited. Some of the legal documents provide a brief history of the crimes committed by the defendants, and how these war criminals came to the United States and evaded prosecution for many years. Multiple court appearances were made concerning each accused Nazi war criminal. The alleged Nazi war criminals include Otto Ambros, Basil Artishenko, Paul Herman Bluemel, Boleslavs Bogdanovs, Ildefansas Bucmys, General Leon Degrelle, Anatoly Hrusitzky, Konrad Kalejs, Serge Kowlachuk (Serhij Kowalczuk), Georg Leibbrandt, Karl Linnas, Boleslavs Maikovskis, and Otto Albrecht Alfred von Bolschwing. The newspaper articles included follow the progress of these various legal proceedings of each accused Nazi war criminal.

Materials within the record group include briefs and other legal documents used in court proceedings, depositions, witness statements, original Nazi documents used as evidence in court, court rulings and orders, newspaper articles, and other documents relating to prosecution of Nazi war criminals in the United States. Materials are digitized.

Collection Historical Note

When World War II ended, there were millions of refugees in Europe. Many of them had been victims of the Nazis, survivors of Nazi concentration camps, or persons who had been forced to leave their homes. Among this large mass of people were also some of the Nazi officials who had assisted in mass murder and persecution.

In order to help the millions of true refugees, the United States enacted special immigration laws in 1948 and 1953 which allowed large numbers of refugees to come to the United States without regard to traditional immigration quota restrictions. These special immigration laws specifically excluded any person who had assisted the Nazis in persecuting civilians. However, Nazi criminals were able to enter the United States under these special immigration laws by lying about their activities during the period from 1933 to 1945.

Among the Nazi war criminals who entered the United States by misrepresentation or concealing their wartime activities were concentration camp guards, Nazi police officials, and Nazi government officials.

Jeffrey Mausner worked as a Trial Attorney for the United States Justice Department.

An official memorandum of the Central Intelligence Agency regarding the US Department of Justice investigation of alleged Nazi war criminal Otto Albrecht von Bolschwing, meeting between Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Mausner and CIA officials. The document was classified secret, but was declassified in 1999 pursuant to the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act.

A report created by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) regarding the alleged Nazi war criminal Otto Albrecht von Bolschwing. The document was classified secret but was declassified in 2007 pursuant to the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act.

A memorandum regarding a meeting between CIA and Department of Justice representatives regarding alleged Nazi war criminals Otto Albrecht von Bolschwing and Tscherim Soobzokov. The document was classified secret, but was declassified in 2007 pursuant to the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act.

A consent judgement filed by the United States of America against alleged Nazi war criminal Otto Albrecht Alfred von Bolschwing. It states that von Bolschwing is not a legal citizen of the United States and is therefore not entitled to the rights, privileges, or immunities of such a citizenship.

Subject/Index Terms:

Otto Albrecht von Bolschwing

Otto Alfred von Bolschwing

Jeffrey N. Mausner

US Department of Justice

Department Office of Special Investigations (OSI)

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States of America

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (United States of America)

Naturalization in the United States

U.S. Naturalization

US naturalization documents, 1900 -- 1960

Naturalization documents

Bucharest (Romania)

Romania (Europe)

The Holocaust in Romania, 1941 -- 1945

Szczurkowo (Poland)

Gestapo (Nazi German Secret political police)

Nazi Party, membership

Nazi party

NSDAP and Nazi Germany, party and government officials

Eichmann, Adolf

Confiscation of Jewish property without German authorization

Confiscation of Jewish property--Germany

Confiscation of personal belongings and property

Jewish personal belongings

Final Solution

Final Solution to the Jewish Question in Europe, 1942 -- 1945

SS and administrative personnel, German

Schutzstaffel (SS)

The Iron Guard

Reichskommissariat Niederlande

SD, Sicherheitsdienst

Hauptsturmführer (German Army Captain)

Greek Civil War

Counterintelligence Corps (CIC)

Gehlen Organization

German military and civil administration

Displaced Persons Act

Displaced Persons Act of 1948 (United States)

International Refugee Organization (IRO)

Collaboration with Nazi Germany in the Second World War

Execution of Jews

Extermination of Jews

Nazi persecution of Jews

Nazi crimes against humanity, peace, and war crimes

war crimes trials

War crimes trials--Post-WWII

Nazi Germany, Central Government

German Police and Security forces, 1939 --1945

Nazi War Criminals

Nazi Police Officials

Nazi Government Officials

Illegal Immigration

Immigration to United States

Immigration to the United States, postwar

Deportation from the United States

Undercover Agent

Undercover Spy

United States court proceedings

Legal practices

Legal document

English, language

Documents in English language

Audrini (Latvia)

Creators:

United States of America Department of Justice (postwar)

US Department of Justice

Jeffrey Mausner (1960's--1980's)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 12: RG-80.18.12, Article - Not Just Another Nazi, 1983

The file contains two articles. The first one is titled Not Just Another Nazi by Christopher Simpson, written for Penthouse magazine. The second is a brief newspaper article printed in the New York Times.

A copy of a fax sent to attorney Jeffrey N. Mausner from a man with the last name Calvi (the first name is difficult to read). The file contains copied pages from a book regarding the CIA's investigation into Adolf Eichmann's associates.

Documents declassified and released by the Central Intelligence Agency, in coordination with the United States Department of Justice and the Office of Special Investigations, regarding the investigation of alleged Nazi war criminal Otto Albrecht von Bolschwing.